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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 4
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभवे नमः।
विवेचन:
भूतकाळ, वर्तमानकाळ आणि भविष्यकाळ यांचा जो स्वामी आहे, तो हा. काळाच्या तिन्ही अवस्थांवर ज्याचे अधिपत्य आहे, तोच परमेश्वर. त्याच्यासाठी काहीही अज्ञात किंवा अप्राप्य नाही; सर्व काळ त्याच्यातच सामावलेला आहे.
अर्थ:
भूत, भविष्य आणि वर्तमानाचा स्वामी.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Bhutabhavyabhavatprabhave Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *bhoota* (past) + *bhavya* (future) + *bhavat* (present) + *prabhuh* (lord/master); "The Lord of Past, Present, and Future" — He transcends time entirely while simultaneously ruling over all three dimensions of it.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Philosophical significance
This compound name is a complete philosophy of divine omnitemporality compressed into one epithet. ‘Bhūta’ = the past (all that has been). ‘Bhavya’ = the future (all that shall be). ‘Bhavat’ = the present (all that is now). ‘Prabhu’ = the master, the lord. Viṣṇu stands outside time even while pervading it. He is not ‘in’ time; time is ‘in’ Him. **Scriptural references
The Bhagavad Gītā (7.26): ‘"Vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna / bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana"‘ — "I know all beings of the past, the present, and the future, Arjuna; but no one knows Me." This is the Gītā's own commentary on this name. The Kaṭha Upaniṣad (2.1.5) declares: ‘"Yad eva iha tad amutra yad amutra tad anviha"‘ — What is here is there; what is there is here. The Lord of all time transcends all local reference. **Mythological dimension
The vision of the cosmic form in Gītā Chapter 11 is the mythological expression of this name — Arjuna sees past, present, and future events simultaneously contained within Viṣṇu's universal form, including the deaths of warriors yet to fall.